This Drone Has Claws, Lands on a Vertical Walls
Researchers at the Université de Sherbrooke designed the sweet device. Continue reading This Drone Has Claws, Lands on a Vertical Walls
Tag Archives: Birds
Ravens Are So Smart, One Hacked This Researcher’s Experiment
Researchers had to remove the bird because they were worried it’d teach the others. Continue reading Ravens Are So Smart, One Hacked This Researcher’s Experiment
‘Minecraft’ Is Patching the Game So Kids Won’t Poison Their Pet Birds
“If Minecraft has any effect on children’s behavior, we want it to be a positive one.” Continue reading ‘Minecraft’ Is Patching the Game So Kids Won’t Poison Their Pet Birds
These People Want to Genetically Engineer Pink Chickens
The Pink Chicken Project wants to use CRISPR to alter all chickens’ DNA in order to send a message about the health of our environment. Continue reading These People Want to Genetically Engineer Pink Chickens
IT’S REALLY HARD FOR BIRDS TO TALK OVER ALL THIS NOISE
City traffic is so loud birds can barely talk over it. Continue reading IT’S REALLY HARD FOR BIRDS TO TALK OVER ALL THIS NOISE
That Time Werner Herzog Went to the Jungle and Was Overwhelmed By Misery
“The birds are in misery. I don’t think they sing, they just screech in pain.” Continue reading That Time Werner Herzog Went to the Jungle and Was Overwhelmed By Misery
The International Space Station Will Soon Help Track Bird and Insect Migration
75 percent of small birds and bugs are too small to track globally. The ICARUS initiative will change that. Continue reading The International Space Station Will Soon Help Track Bird and Insect Migration
Paleontologists Find Fossils of a Pregnant, 245-Million-Year-Old Sea Reptile
It’s the first time live birth has been observed in an archosauromorph, the reptilian parent group from which dinosaurs, birds, and crocodilians derive. Continue reading Paleontologists Find Fossils of a Pregnant, 245-Million-Year-Old Sea Reptile
Why Do Birds Have Such Crazy Beaks?
A citizen science project measured over 2,000 bird beaks to help figure out why they’re so crazy looking. Continue reading Why Do Birds Have Such Crazy Beaks?
This Talking Parrot Mimics the ‘OK Google’ Noise
For your middle of the workday ills. Continue reading This Talking Parrot Mimics the ‘OK Google’ Noise